intersection. And finally, a very extreme example of this would be when an 18-Wheeler merges on top of a much smaller car and drags it down the expressway.
Finally, there is collision distance. Collision distance is how far the collusion went such as how deep is the crumpling of the sheet metal as a result of the force of the impact. It can be measured as the depth of a smashed fender, or a punch type impact into a door for instance, where it actually intrudes beyond the crumple zone and into the interior frame space of the vehicle. That is a direct traumatic impact that directly transfers force from the velocity and speed straight into the human body and these are the types of accidents that cause lifetime injuries to my clients. In the example that I use for this book. I have the Ford F 350 Super Duty, running a red light at 45 miles an hour and smashing into a small economy car. So that's what I used for the formulas here. Now let's say that this truck runs a red light doing 45 miles an hour and smashes into the side of the smaller car crumpling the passenger compartment to half the normal size and pushes it all the way across a 50-foot intersection before they come to a stop. The examples I'm giving here are severe accidents. They're not two cars backing out of parking spaces at the same time and then colliding. In the example that I just gave you, passengers were hit with a force of 1.204 meganewtons which equals 270,669 pounds of force. The average person has no idea how much force they have been hit with. And this mathematical calculation is how I came up with the title, 2+2 = I’M HURT. Now let's get into the book. Thanks for checking out the book. I hope you find it informative, and I hope you enjoy reading it. One last thought as you read the book. You will see that many times I use the same or similar language and images to describe the effects of the traumatic impact on the human body. I am doing this deliberately so that someone can flip to the type of impact that best describes what happened to them and see the full range of injuries without having to reference other parts of the book. I do go more in depth on certain injuries that are hard to spot at the end of the book for those who want to know more about the kinds of injuries that someone needs to be looking for in these types of collisions. Thanks much for checking out the book and if you see anything in the book that is in error or simply want to comment please email me at intake@calljmb.com. Everyone please take care and I hope to talk to everyone real soon! jmb
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